Hose-supporter strip.



G. J. WHITE.

HOSE SUPPORTER STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES J. WHITE, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIG-NOR TO C. 3. WHITEMANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITA NECTICUT.

IN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- HOSE-SUPPORTER STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

Application filed April 1, 1911. Serial No. 618,275.

clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to means forstrengthening and reinforcing elasticwebbing.

The object of the invention 1s to strengthen and reinforce the ends of apiece of elastic webbing so that it may be stitched or sewed to agarment or other support without injury to the effective part of therubber threads.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention as applied to astrip of webbing designed for use as a hose supporter, and have thereinillustrated a preferred form thereof.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hose supporter stripconstructed to embody my invention. tively enlarged longitudinal sectionof one end of the strip. Fig. 3 is a View of part of the strip near oneend and showing the reverse side of parts as they appear in process ofconstruction. Fig. 4 illustrates by a rear and an edge elevation, partof a clamp of preferred construction. Fig. 5 is a similar illustrationof the other part of said clamp.

1 represents a strip of elastic webbing. In Fig. 1, I have shown myimproved reinforcement as applied to the upper end only of said strip 1.The reinforcement comprises a short length of relatively non-elasticwebbing 2 secured permanently and nonadjustably to the elastic strip 1,in such a manner as to not injure the rubber threads which constitutethe core thereof. For this purpose I employ a new and improved clampwhich will accomplish the aforesaid results and which is preferablyconstructed as follows: Referring to Figs. 4 and 5, it will be seen thatthe clamp comprises the main body 3, channeled at its rear side. At theends of the main body 3 are upturned ears 4-4. These ears are arrangedto be pressed down in line with the channel of the main body 3 and totightly hold the webbing therein by producing in the webbing, as shownin the sectional view (Fig. 2), abrupt bends, which bends exert such africtional Fig. 2 is a relatendency that when the clamp is applied tothe main webbing 1, it cannot shift thereon. In the preferred form, Iemploy a wedge block or presser bar 5 (Fig. 5), which is of such lengthand breadth as to settle intothe channel of the clamp 3, as shown inFig. 2, due allowance being made for the thickness of the webbing forcedtherein. The nonelastic webbing 2 being passed under the bar 5' (asshown 1n Fig. 2), is, when the ears 4-4 are pressed tightly down, heldwith the desired degree of firmness to form a permanent connection. Thefree end or ends of the non-elastic 2 are then passed upwardly toward orto the extreme end of the elastic webbing 1 and are there secured bystitches. In the drawings I have shown both ends of the elastic webbingextending upward to the end'of the webbing (see Fig. 2), one end beingwrapped around the extreme end of the elastlc webbing to act as abinder. This is he preferred form.

By the improvement herein shown and described, an exceedingly positivegrip is effected between the non-elastic and the elastic, tending tobind the same together permanently and non-adjustably. The metallicclamp extends across the webbing from edge to edge and all sharp edgesor prongs may be omitted which, if present, might, in some cases, abradethe fabric or injure the rubber threads. The end of the strip, as thusfinished, is rendered relatively non-elastic for only a very shortdistance with the result that the degree of elasticity of the strip as awhole is not materially affected. When such a strip is sewed into agarment, the stitches will cross the stripat the end beyond the clamp 3,and will pass through the non-elastic reinforcement whereby the strainwill be taken entirely, or in great part, by said non-elastic;consequently the danger of breaking the rubber threads along said linewill be avoided, since at that point said rubber threads are not underdangerous tension. As is well known, when stitches are used to attach anordinary strip of elastic webbing to a garment, the needle employedfrequently pierces the rubber threads, and in the absence of someeffective means of the sort herein described,- that injury is so greatthat in a very short time the webbing gives way along said line. Byovercoming this weakness in the manner strips of webbing to be joinedtogether flat- I greatly increased and a very substantial benefitresults. As stated at the outset, both ends of a strip may be thusconstructed if desired, it depending upon the particular use to which itis to be put; therefore, in its broadest sense, the invention should notbe understood as being limited to a strip prpvided with saidreinforcement at one end on y.

In the preferred form of end reinforcement shown in the drawings, adistinct advantage is gained by threading the nonelastic strip as showntherein, wherein a portion of said strip will, when in place, overlieand protect that part of the clampwhich might otherwise engage the bodyof the wearer. This not only protects the wearer, but secures the muchto be desired so-called rustless effect. Again, in the preferred. formof my improvement, the elastic webbing runs practically to the extremeend of the strip, that is to say, to a point beyond the clamp, so thatthe attaching threads, by which a strip is secured to a garment, willpass through both the elastic and non-elastic webbing, although it isobvious that this is not absolutely essential, since the real strain istaken at this point by the non-elastic webbing.

What I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, two

wise, a metallic clamp for oining said strips together, said clampcomprising a channeled portion receiving both of said strips, and twoend ears arranged to press said strips down into said channeled portionto hold the same therein.

2. As a new article of manufacture, two strips of webbing to be joinedtogether fiatwise, a metallic clamp for joining said strips together,said clamp comprising a channeled portion receiving both of said strips,two end ears arranged to press said strips down into said channeledportion to hold the same therein, and an intermediate presser barbetween said ears and that part of the webbing in the channel.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a

hose supporter comprising a main strip of elastic webbing, a non-elasticreinforcing strip therefor arranged to be joined to the main stripnearone end thereof, a metallic clamp for securing said strips together,said clamp comprising a channeled portion, two end ears arranged topress bot-h strips of said webbing down into said channeled portion, thelower part of the second strip being folded back to cover the back ofsaid metallic clamp, including said ears, and means for securing saidfolded-back portion of the second strip to the end of the firstmentioned stri CHARLES J. WHITE.

Witnesses:

THOMAS MULLIGAN, ABBIE G. SANDBERG.

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